Organization: Health and Nutrition Development Society (HANDS)
From: 10th March 2023 to 29th February 2024
Designation:  District Project Manager
Project: Cash Based Transfer (CBT)-Social Protection (Integrated CMAM)-Social Safety Net Project
Donor: World Food Program (WFP) Pakistan
Duty Station: Sukkur
Project Districts: Sukkur
Roles & Responsibilities
ü  Directed the comprehensive implementation of project activities, including project management, strategic planning, efficient coordination, team leadership, work plan development, vigilant monitoring, and detailed reporting.
ü  Orchestrated comprehensive engagement strategies for the Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM), fostering collaboration with local communities, CSOs, government bodies and INGOs/ NGOs.
ü  Conducted stakeholder meetings to address concerns and ensure a unified approach in tackling Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM), with a dedicated focus on screening, referral, and registration of Pregnant and Lactating Women (PLW).
ü  Fostered collaboration with community, community leaders, healthcare providers, CSOs and NGOs to integrate acute malnutrition management into local health initiatives.
ü  Cultivated strong relationships with community, community leaders, faith leaders, healthcare professionals, and local influencers to garner support for the management of acute malnutrition.
ü  Collaborated with community-based organizations to implement effective malnutrition, IYCF, maternal nutrition, and hygiene programs.
ü  Anticipated potential barriers and implemented proactive measures to ensure the success of advocacy campaigns.
ü  Successfully transferred cash grants to 6500 caregivers of graduated beneficiaries registered under the program.
ü  Supported and facilitated donor and partner visits, providing insights into the project\'s impact and ensuring alignment with their expectations and objectives.
ü  Implemented a robust complaint and suggestion feedback mechanism to address concerns and gather insights from stakeholders, ensuring continuous improvement in project implementation.
ü  Implemented systematic screening and registration processes for children aged 6-59, adhering to CMAM protocols to identify SAM and MAM cases accurately.
ü  Prioritized pregnant and lactating women in screening processes, ensuring early identification and appropriate referral for nutritional support.
ü  Executed the Targeted Supplementary Feeding Program & Blanket Supplementary Feeding Program under CMAM, ensuring the timely distribution of nutritionally rich supplementary foods to children under 6-59 months and PLW.
ü  Screening & Cash Based Transfers (CBT) data cleaning, analyzation and submission.
ü  Supervised the established Cash Based Transfer (CBT) delivery mechanisms by implementing and executing project activities involving the transfer of cash to beneficiaries through Mobile Wallet Accounts (MWA) and Cash in Hand (CiH).
ü  Managed the distribution of cash transfers to eligible individuals, ensuring accuracy and compliance with program guidelines.
ü  Collaborated with financial service providers (FSPs) to establish secure and efficient payment mechanisms for cash transfers.
ü  Provided timely and accurate information to beneficiaries regarding the cash assistance program and addressed their queries.
ü  Documented success stories, case studies and lessons learned.
ü  Monthly narrative and financial reporting.

Organization: Sungi Development Foundation
From: 18th November 2022 9th March 2023
Designation:  Project Coordinator
Project: Supporting Health, Education, WASH & Child Protection Initiatives in Flood Affected Area of Sindh
Donor: Alight Pakistan
Duty Station: Sukkur
Project Districts: Khairpur Mir’s & Shikarpur
Roles & Responsibilities
 
ü  Implemented initiatives to ensure effective implementation and budget tracking of Safeguarding program activities.
ü  Took a role in raising awareness about the organization’s safeguarding policy and other policies including the Code of Conduct and reporting mechanisms through training and various discussion sessions.
ü  Ensured the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation to achieve the programmer’s goals of safeguarding implementation. Acted as a key source of support, guidance, and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
ü  Developed understanding and oriented all project stakeholders (Teachers, Students, Parents, SMC, vendors, CSOs, and Line Departments, etc.) about the Child Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy.
ü  Ensured implementation of Child safeguarding/ Protection Policy at all levels.
ü  Worked with managers/ staff to ensure that programmers and operations were taking preventive measures where vulnerable people may be put at risk of harm, because of the way the project/program/ operation was designed or implemented.
ü  Raised awareness of the program participants, volunteers, and partners on safeguarding and reporting mechanisms and of their rights to raise a concern about their safety or well-being.
ü  Worked with program/ enterprise managers to establish community-level complaints mechanisms that facilitated reporting of harm and abuses.
ü  Reviewed reports regarding harm and abuse, responded to the organization’s procedures and provided referral or next-step advice.
ü  Planned and participated in any investigation into an incident or case involving harm to staff, children, and communities.
ü  Discussed subsequent action required, to ensure the safety and welfare of individual people, in cases of harm caused by the organization.
ü  Monitored the progress of all reported cases.
ü  Liaised between staff and managers to access external technical support in particular regarding complex abuse issues.
ü  Prepared periodic reports for senior management on the implementation of safeguarding activities.

Duty Station / District: Khairpur
Roles & Responsibilities
ü  Implementing Livelihood activities under the Programme/project area.
ü  Identification and registration of beneficiary households for livelihood program.
ü  Regular monitoring of the livelihood activities at implementation and operation level with households.
ü  Need identification through households’ survey.
ü  Ensuring timely implementation of livelihood activities.
ü  Assist in coordinating and conducting the assessment, monitoring, and evaluation of project activities related to livelihoods.
ü  Carry out different types of need assessments and surveys as and when required for the project implementation.
ü  Carry out different types of need assessments and surveys as and when required for the project implementation.
ü  Preparing a project work plan, procurement plan, vehicle movement plan and share it to the relevant sectors.
ü  Conduct regular field visits to IDPs sites in the project areas.
ü  Analyze project progress and determine expected delinquency
ü  Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need and explore and asses’ new and better ways to assist.
ü  Oversee the activities related to NFIs distribution making sure that are in line with the donor criteria.
ü  Archive all data and documents related to the project, according to the system followed in the organization.
 

Organization: Management & Development Foundation (MDF)
From: June 2020 to May 2022
Designation: Capacity Building Officer – Women Empowerment & Gender Based Violence (GBV)
Project: Women leadership & Empowerment in Public Life in Sindh.
Donor: EU-OXFAM.
Duty Station: Sukkur
Project Districts: Sukkur & Sanghar
Roles & Responsibilities
ü  Organized and facilitated Open forums, Engagement Meetings, Trainings & workshops focused on empowering women and marginalized communities, providing them with tools and resources to enhance their skills and confidence.
ü  Offered personalized mentorship and guidance to women and marginalized individuals, supporting them in their personal and professional development goals.
ü  Regularly monitored the progress and impact of capacity-building initiatives on women and marginalized communities, using data and feedback to assess effectiveness and make improvements.
ü  Evaluated success stories and case studies to showcase the positive outcomes and empowerment achieved by women and marginalized individuals through capacity-building efforts.
ü  Advocated for the inclusion of women and marginalized communities in decision-making processes, policy development, and resource allocation within the organization or community.
ü  Collaborated with external partners, NGOs, and government agencies to leverage resources and expertise in supporting women and marginalized communities through capacity-building programs.
ü  Promoted leadership development among women and marginalized individuals by offering leadership training, networking opportunities, and mentorship programs.
ü  Ensured that training venues, materials, and resources were accessible and tailored to the diverse needs of women and marginalized communities, including those with disabilities.
ü  Celebrated diversity and inclusion within the organization or community, fostering a supportive and welcoming environment for women and marginalized individuals to thrive.
ü  Documented best practices and lessons learned from capacity-building initiatives targeting women and marginalized communities, sharing insights for replication and scaling.
ü  Empowered grassroots leaders within women and marginalized communities to become change agents and advocates for their own rights and interests.
ü  Promoted economic empowerment among women and marginalized groups by providing training in entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and income-generating activities.
ü  Championed policy change and advocacy efforts to address systemic barriers and discrimination faced by women and marginalized communities, advocating for legislative reforms and social justice initiatives.
ü  Established an enabling environment for women’s access to justice, ensuring effective, accountable, and gender-responsive institutions, while legally empowering women to combat violence against women.
ü  Facilitated stakeholder meetings involving District Commissioners (DCs), Assistant District Commissioners (ADCs), Assistant Commissioners (ACs), and various line departments including SCSW (Sindh Commission on the Status of Women), SWD (Social Welfare Department), WDD (Women Development Department), WCPC (Women\'s & Children Complaint Cell), Education, Sindh Child Protection Unit, and  Health Department. Aimed to collaborate on initiatives for women\'s empowerment and GBV.
ü  Organized and supervised capacity-building trainings on GBV and Women’s Law for stakeholders, civil society organizations, community leaders, faith leaders, youth, persons with disabilities (PWDs), and vulnerable communities.
ü  Implemented a rights-based GBV approach and adhered to guiding principles to ensure the protection and empowerment of survivors.
ü  Designed Training Needs Assessment (TNA), Focused Group Discussion (FGD) exercise.
ü  Engage with government officials, stakeholders, and community leaders to promote awareness and support for gender equality.
ü  Cultivated a supportive environment that empowered women to actively engage in decision-making processes.
ü  Regularly reported on project progress and outcomes on monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis.
 

Organization: Waseela Rural Development Organization
From:  November 2013 to December 2019                                           
Designation: Project Manager
Project: Feasibility Survey, Social Mobilization, Technical Assistance & Trainings on Response & Recovery, Monitoring & Disbursements of Cash Grants for the Construction of Low Cost Housing Units / Shelters  
Donor:  Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Housing Cell (SBBHC), Government of Sindh.
Duty Station: Khairpur Mir’s
Project Districts: Sukkur, Khairpur Mir’s & Naushero Feroz
Roles & Responsibilities
ü  Project management, planning, team building, team leading and technical direction to project teams.
ü  Beneficiary identification, identification and relocation for hazardous sites, multi-hazard resilient construction of houses, settlement and documentation, transparency and accountability in construction & inclusion of vulnerable groups.
ü  Constructed houses through owner-driven / sense of ownership concept, provided technical assistance and trainings to beneficiaries, housing cash grants to replace/restore damaged houses with a new core unit built to multi-hazard resilient standards, construction of houses on the concept of in-situ with easily accessible materials and familiar methods.
ü  Disbursements of Cash Grants to beneficiaries for the construction of low cost housing Units / shelters level wises.
ü  Finalized & completed feasibility survey, social mobilization, trainings & developments & monitoring the construction of 2100 low cost houses under phase-II & III at district Khairpur, Sukkur and Naushero Feroz.
ü  Installation of almost 2100 solar panels (900 Khairpur, 600 Sukkur & 600 at Naushero Feroz) on houses constructed under phase-II & phase-III.
ü  Designing of formats and forms including GPS fields for beneficiary survey and other project related tasks.
ü  Close coordination with the beneficiaries during the beneficiary / owner driven construction process.
ü  Overall supervision of field teams, contractors & vendors for the timely completion & delivery of the tasks / materials.
ü  Uphold the professional standards related to all project activities, trainings & procurements. 
ü  Review field progress and performance of staff on regular basis.
ü  Close coordination with project field teams, participation in progress review meetings with special assistant to CM & with SBBHC Management and teams.
ü  Facilitation to CM inspection team, Special Assistant to CM & SBBHC teams and engineers, third party during monitoring visits across the districts.
ü  Formation of monitoring committees at village & U.C level for the quality of the construction work.
ü  Maintained project database with beneficiary tab, tranche wise tab, progress tab, financial transaction tab, housing material tab, labour tab & supplier tab.
ü  Made requesting the SBBHC engineer’s team for the visit on the completion of each level of the house by filling up online ERP forms trench wise through the ERP system of SBBHC.
ü  Verification and disbursements grants in kind of cash to beneficiary using biometric system connected with NADRA.
ü  Frequently field visits across the districts for social mobilization, feasibility survey, site visits for monitoring, meetings with district teams and SBBHC management.
ü  Submission of beneficiary files to SBBHC as hardcopy level wise on completion of every level for the release of grants.
ü  Maintained active status of daily progress of work.
ü  Reporting.
 

Organization: Shah Abdul Latif Women & Youth Economic Empowerment Organization
From:  Sept. 2012 to August 2013                                           
Designation: Project Officer- Trainings & Development
Project: Women’s Economic Empowerment through Capacity Building & Skill Development
Donor: Community Development Program (CDP) Planning & Development Department Govt. Sindh
Duty Station / District: Khairpur Mir’s
Roles & Responsibilities
ü  Establishment, strengthening & business development for Women-Home-Based Workers (WHBW) at UC level.
ü  Beneficiary profiling & skill development trainings on the basis of piece rate workers & own account workers.
ü  Access to income generating opportunities, CNIC cards, microcredit schemes for WHBWs.
ü  Capacity enhancement through capacity building trainings of more than 1200 women home based workers (WHBWs), transgender, PWD, and minorities through vocational and technical training courses.
ü  Provided social guidance, technical and financial assistance to the rural poor HBWs of the area.
ü  Provided pathways to women’s social & economic empowerment at three levels; the household, immediate community, and at the local levels.
ü  Empowered women to led and run social mobilization, technical and vocational skills training (TVST), and adult literacy and numeracy skills (ALNS) centers.
ü  Calling, analysis & assigning Request for Proposals (RFP) for various trainings.
ü  Budget allocation for various programs, trainings & events.
ü  Entrepreneurship, marketing and business development for women owned businesses (WOBs).
ü  Linkages development of women workers (WWs) with micro financial institutes for business loans.
ü  Capacity building trainings plan development & overall daily operations.
ü  Provided trainings on mobile banking, e-commerce to WOBs.
ü  Management of the Enterprise development &TVST trainings ensuring that all facilities are maintained & have all the required material, tools of good & sufficient quality.
ü   Monitoring of trainee’s attendance & trainings quality on daily basis.
ü  Weekly performance & progress monitoring of the trainee’s as per their trade.
ü  Maintained an updated database of enrolled participants / trainee with required field of information.
ü  Provided active support for market linkages.
ü  Active participation in vocational skills announcements & enrollment of the participants based on the trainee selection criteria.
ü  Build & maintained a strong rapport with communities & acceptance of the program.
ü   Review of training manuals, trainees hand books & IEC material developed by trainer.
ü  Reporting

Role & Responsibilities:
ü  As Trainer / Instructor for various Govt. staff training.